Trump Organization Sought to Bring In Nearly 200 Employees on Visas in 2025
Donald Trump’s family business increased its recruitment of overseas employees on short-term work permits this period, while his administration was placing obstacles for other companies attempting to do the same, a report published recently claimed.
According to information from the US Department of Labor, the Trump Organization aimed to bring in at least 184 overseas employees in 2025 for short-term roles at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, two golf clubs and his winery in Virginia.
The number of requests for temporary work visas for staff including waitstaff, clerks, housekeepers, kitchen staff and farm workers was the record submitted by the company, and up from 121 in the previous term, when his presidency ended.
It was also the fifth time in 10 years that Trump had sought to bring in more than 100 overseas workers for seasonal jobs at his Florida resort, according to labor statistics.
The revelation comes amid a crackdown on legal immigration by his administration that has included the introduction of a substantial charge on skilled worker visas; extra scrutiny of the actions of the 55 million people who already hold US visas; and tighter regulations for foreign students and reporters.
Overall, the business sought to employ over 560 overseas workers over the five years Trump has been in the White House, from his first term and during the upcoming year.
Notably, Trump was criticized by certain in the Republican party this week for comments defending the need for foreign workers when a business was unable to find people with “particular skills” to fill particular roles.
“You can’t just say a country is coming in, going to spend billions to build a plant, and going to recruit individuals off an jobless roster who have been unemployed in years, and they’re going to start making their defense systems. It doesn’t work that well,” he told a host after it was implied that foreign workers lower the pay of American employees.
The administration declined a request for response, and the business did not provide an answer to an inquiry.
